1953 Stanford Indians football team

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1953 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 19
Record6–3–1 (5–1–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
  1952
1954  
1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 UCLA $ 6 1 08 2 0
No. 19 Stanford 5 1 16 3 1
USC 4 2 16 3 1
California 2 2 24 4 2
Washington State 3 4 04 6 0
Oregon State 3 5 03 6 0
Washington 2 4 13 6 1
Oregon 2 5 14 5 1
Idaho 0 3 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1953 college football season. The team was led by Chuck Taylor in his third year, and by quarterback Bobby Garrett, who would win the season's W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy as most outstanding player on the Pacific Coast, and was selected by the Cleveland Browns as the first pick of the NFL draft at the end of the season.

Contents

The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 19 Pacific (CA) *L 20–25
September 26 Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 7–0
October 3 Illinois *L 21–3332,737
October 10at Oregon State W 21–08,005
October 17No. 4 UCLA
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 21–2045,000
October 24at Washington No. 20W 13–741,234
October 31 Washington State No. 17
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 48–1918,500
November 7at No. 17 USC No. 11L 20–2379,015
November 14 San Jose State *No. 16
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 54–0
November 21 California No. 16
T 21–2191,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

California

1234Total
Bears077721
Indians0714021

With a win in the Big Game, Stanford would earn a berth in the 1954 Rose Bowl. California had not lost a Big Game since 1946, and this game was no exception: California intercepted quarterback Garrett five times and scored twice late to force a 21–21 tie. The tie, coupled with UCLA's victory over rival USC, denied the Indians a second Rose Bowl appearance in three years. [2] [3]

Players drafted by the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bobby Garrett Quarterback11 Cleveland Browns
John SteinbergEnd10113 New York Giants
Sam Morley End20236 Washington Redskins
Marv TennefossEnd24279 Green Bay Packers

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References

  1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 19531957". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  2. "Stanford out of bowl with 21 to 21 tie". The Daily Reporter. November 20, 1953. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  3. "Cal holds Stanford to 21–21 deadlock". The Eugene Register-Guard. November 20, 1953. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  4. "1954 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2014.